Somatic Counseling Thesis Presentations

Location: Performing Arts Center (2130 Arapahoe Campus)?

Morning Poster Session A: 9:00–10:15 AM?

• Livy Hansberry “The Relationship Between Substance Use Addictions and Eating Disorders: A Somatically Informed Conversation”
• Zea Leguizamon “An Embodied Greeting Place: Bringing Perspectives and Practices from the Global South into the core of Dance/Movement Therapy Theory and Practice”
• Casey Dunne “Embodying Empowering Archetypes: Unearthing Sexual Trauma in Body Psychotherapy”
• Nicola Elder “Applications of Dance/Movement Therapy: Parallels Between the Therapeutic Process and the Choreographic Process”
• Midnite Townsend “Reuniting Cultural Self: A Dance Movement Therapist Addresses Transracial Intercountry Adoption Trauma with Somatics and IFS”

Morning Poster Session B: 10:25–11:40 AM

• Heather Bourne “Freedom Through the Voice: Healing Sexual Trauma with Non-verbal Vocalization in Dance/Movement Therapy”
• Grace Gurney “Somatic Pendulation and Socially Constructed Masculinity: A Body Psychotherapy Approach to Working with Men”
• Nicole Lloyd “Embodied Vitality and Nervous System Flexibility: Nature as a Secure Base for Anxiously Attached Clients”
• Elizabeth Cabaniss “Body Psychotherapy, Personal Training and Change Psychology – Intersection and Opportunity”
• Cass Skye Howlett “Transformative Body Brilliance: A Practice of Integrating Liberation Theories Through Dance/Movement Therapy”

Lunch Break: 11:45 AM–12:45 PM?

Afternoon Paper Presentations 1:00–4:35 PM?

• 1:00 – 1:30: Jake Miller “Body Psychotherapy and the Yearning for the Divine”
• 1:35 – 2:05: Grace Clark “A Compassionate Approach: Integrating Body Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Offending Pedophiles”
• 2:10 – 2:40: Cassi Stuckman “Dreamwork in Addiction Treatment: Processing Relapse and Recovery Dreams with a Body Psychotherapy Approach”

15 minute break?

• 2:55 – 3:25: Kerry Maiorca “Thriving Through the Empty Nest Transition: Supporting Parents with Somatic Group Therapy”
• 3:30 – 4:00: Meghan Gaynor “Analyzing Unconscious Bias in the Body: A Dance/Movement Therapy Practice for Clinicians Working with Stigmatized Populations”
• 4:05 – 4:35: Isabella Ekeze “Bodies in Context: Exploring Cultural Paths of Co-Regulation as a Body Psychotherapist of Color”